An Amish Man of Ice Mountain (The Amish of Ice Mountain Series Book 2) by Kelly Long

Author:Kelly Long [Long, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-04-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Priscilla watched with a tired smile as Hollie wrestled on the floor with the great black dog. They’d returned from the hospital to settle in at Abner’s cabin, and Hollie had found a true friend and companion in Bear.

Joseph was outside doing evening chores, and Abner gave a belly laugh occasionally at the antics of the wolf dog and the little girl.

“Hey, Mommy? Are you watching? It’s getting dark out . . . Where’s my bedroom gonna be? And you’re going to sleep in Joseph’s bed, right?”

Priscilla was startled out of her tired mood and glanced at Abner, who had abruptly taken to coughing. She rose, moving for his inhalers, glad of the diversion, when she turned and saw the merriment in the old man’s eyes. He waved her back with the medicine.

“It’s sorry I am, Priscilla, but the child gets to the heart of things, doesn’t she?”

“Well, Mommy?” Hollie persisted.

“I . . .” Priscilla broke off as her heart began to beat faster. She hadn’t gotten to the actual logistics of where she would sleep with a marriage “in name only.” Wasn’t that how Joseph had put it? But what will Abner think if I don’t share Joseph’s bed ? And, oh mercy, what would it be like to lie close to him, to have him near enough to touch and . . .

She was puzzling all of this out, with a rapidly increasing pulse, when Joseph entered. She launched herself across the room to grab his arm. “Uh . . . Joseph. Hollie here was wondering where she would sleep? I think she might be getting tired.”

She watched his intelligent green-gold eyes sweep the room and take in her urgent words with barely a pause.

“Hollie shall have Mary’s room, of course. And you and I, Priscilla . . . we’ll sleep in the room Edward and I used to share. It’ll all be fine.” She gazed up into his face, unsure whether the soothing note in his voice was meant for her or himself but grateful for it nonetheless.

She released his arm and he went to the sink while Hollie plucked at Bear’s ears with a joyful cry. “Yay! My own room. Can we paint it pink, Mommy? And maybe have some white roses on the walls, can we?”

Again Priscilla was at a loss, not sure how Abner would tolerate change in his household. But the old man laughed and swiped at his eyes. “You may do anything you like, kind. It’s your room, your home too.”

Hollie jumped to her feet to run and hug Abner, who returned her embrace with obvious enthusiasm.

Priscilla bit her lip, feeling again the wash of unexpected tenderness that these people extended to her—to her daughter. She prayed then that they might continue to abide on Ice Mountain without harm for as long as possible. And meeting her husband’s eyes, she saw the echo of that hope reflected there.

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